On July 26th, quantitative fund Kbit said that although hedge funds are using proven strategies to profit from the recent influx of US bitcoin and ethereum ETFs, it will be more profitable to continue to invest in the digital asset space. Ed Tolson, founder and CEO of Kbit, said it is necessary to have access to centralized cryptocurrency trading platforms, participate in token trading, perpetual contracts, derivatives themselves. Kbit manages more than $100 million in assets and uses a market-n...
Hong Kong's crypto licensing system is more convenient than in places such as Singapore and the US, according to Ting Kuang Lu, co-founder and chief strategy officer of HKbitEX. According to Lu Ting Kuang, the Hong Kong crypto asset license allows holders to provide trading services for cryptocurrencies and security tokens (STOs). At the same time, the fintech expert emphasised that regulators in other countries only licensed one asset class, rather than two at the same time, citing US-listed Co...
The customer data of crypto-friendly Evolve Bank was leaked by Lockbit. Lockbit initially threatened to release Federal Reserve data containing US bank secrets, but ended up leaking 33TB of Evolve Bank and Trust data. The leaks included details of enforcement actions imposed by the Federal Reserve on Evolve Bank, as well as insecure and unsound banking practices involved in Evolve Bank's work with fintech. The leaked documents reportedly contained personally identifiable information of end users...
According to the victim website listed by the ransomware group LockBit, the Federal Reserve suffered a ransomware attack.
The Texas Securities Commission has issued a cease and desist order to Arkbit Capital, accusing it of engaging in fraudulent crypto cloud mining activities. According to the order, the Texas Securities Commission found that Arkbit Capital and its affiliated entities engaged in fraudulent activities, including the use of deceptive image and video processing technology to promote its investment plans. Arkbit Capital, Arkbit Capital Holdings, ABC Holdings LLC, and ABC Mining (collectively "Arkbit")...
美国德克萨斯州证券委员会已向Arkbit Capital发出停止令,指控其从事欺诈性加密云挖矿活动。根据命令,德州证券委员会发现Arkbit Capital及其附属实体从事欺诈活动,包括使用欺骗性图像和视频处理技术来推广其投资计划。Arkbit Capital、Arkbit Capital Holdings、ABC Holdings LLC和ABC Mining(统称“Arkbit”)虚假声称运营位于阿肯色州的数据中心,用于云挖掘各种加密货币。 该...
The Department of Justice has released a 26-count indictment charging Dmitry Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian citizen, with being the mastermind behind the notorious LockBit ransomware group. Khoroshev is accused of developing and managing LockBit software and recruiting "affiliates" on cybercrime forums to carry out ransomware attacks. Since its inception in 2019, LockBit has become one of the most rampant ransomware in the world, with around 2,500 victims, 1,800 of them in the United States, a...
美国司法部公布一份 26 项罪名的起诉书,指控 31 岁的俄罗斯公民 Dmitry Khoroshev 为臭名昭著的 LockBit 勒索软件组织的幕后主使。Khoroshev 被控开发和管理 LockBit 软件,并在网络犯罪论坛上招募「附属机构」实施勒索攻击。自 2019 年成立以来,LockBit 已成为全球最猖獗的勒索软件之一,约有 2500 个受害者,其中 1800 个在美国,勒索金额估计达 5...
The United States has sanctioned the leader of the Russian LockBit ransomware group.
On March 28th, Tai Chi Capital announced in a statement that the Hong Kong Digital Asset Exchange (HKbitEX) has received principle approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFO) for the issuance of Class 1 regulated activities (securities trading) and Class 7 regulated activities (providing automated trading services) virtual asset trading platform (VAT) licenses under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO). HKbitEX's parent company, Taiji Capital Group Co., Ltd., has be...